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University Growth and Demand for Services Reflected in “IT-by-the-Numbers”

With the growth in student and employee headcount, the demand for IT Services at Western Carolina University has increased. Below is a look at then (2009) and now. The Division of IT has increased its data collection since 2009 to more accurately reflect our services and numbers. Recently shared with IT Governance committees and councils, this information may be interesting and useful to students and university employees.

Some interesting observations:

Number of students has grown 10%

WCU’s internet connection capacity has increased 10x

Wireless access points have increased 430%

Number of servers has increased 100%

Data center storage has increased over 10x

Digital signage has gone from none in 2009 to 55 managed displays today